diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cfc958db6c..66c822631b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ HumHub Changelog
 - Enh #7344: Disable editing Base URL when setting is fixed
 - Fix #7345: Fix debug mode setting in .env
 - Enh #7349: Add body classes about the current device and methods to the `DeviceDetectorHelper` class
+- Enh #7353: Enable dot env to read variables based on application type
 
 1.17.0-beta.2 (November 12, 2024)
 ---------------------------------
diff --git a/index-test.php b/index-test.php
index da9ade4678..05a2a09b67 100644
--- a/index-test.php
+++ b/index-test.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ $config = yii\helpers\ArrayHelper::merge(
     // add more configurations here
     (is_readable(__DIR__ . '/protected/humhub/tests/codeception/config/dynamic.php')) ? require(__DIR__ . '/protected/humhub/tests/codeception/config/dynamic.php') : [],
     require(__DIR__ . '/protected/humhub/tests/codeception/config/acceptance.php'),
-    humhub\helpers\EnvHelper::toConfig($_ENV),
+    humhub\helpers\EnvHelper::toConfig($_ENV, humhub\components\console\Application::class),
 );
 
 require_once './protected/vendor/codeception/codeception/autoload.php';
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 01d5f59212..cbf73d1b7b 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ defined('YII_ENV') or define('YII_ENV', $debug ? 'dev' : 'prod');
 
 require(__DIR__ . '/protected/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/Yii.php');
 
+
 $config = yii\helpers\ArrayHelper::merge(
     require(__DIR__ . '/protected/humhub/config/common.php'),
     require(__DIR__ . '/protected/humhub/config/web.php'),
     require(__DIR__ . '/protected/config/common.php'),
     require(__DIR__ . '/protected/config/web.php'),
     $dynamicConfig,
-    humhub\helpers\EnvHelper::toConfig($_ENV),
+    humhub\helpers\EnvHelper::toConfig($_ENV, humhub\components\console\Application::class),
 );
 
 try {
diff --git a/protected/humhub/helpers/EnvHelper.php b/protected/humhub/helpers/EnvHelper.php
index acd3c3c7ea..66e2b25c17 100644
--- a/protected/humhub/helpers/EnvHelper.php
+++ b/protected/humhub/helpers/EnvHelper.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace humhub\helpers;
 
 use yii\base\InvalidArgumentException;
+use yii\helpers\ArrayHelper;
 use yii\helpers\Inflector;
 use yii\helpers\Json;
 use yii\helpers\StringHelper;
@@ -11,12 +12,13 @@ class EnvHelper
 {
     private const FIXED_SETTING_PREFIX = 'HUMHUB_FIXED_SETTINGS';
     private const MAIN_PREFIX = 'HUMHUB_CONFIG';
+    private const WEB_PREFIX = 'HUMHUB_WEB_CONFIG';
+    private const CLI_PREFIX = 'HUMHUB_CLI_CONFIG';
     private const FIXED_SETTINGS_PATH = ['params', 'fixed-settings'];
     private const DEPTH_SEPARATOR = '__';
-
     private const ALIASES_PREFIX = 'HUMHUB_ALIASES';
 
-    public static function toConfig(?array $env = []): array
+    public static function toConfig(?array $env = [], ?string $applicationType = null): array
     {
         $config = [];
 
@@ -38,14 +40,22 @@ class EnvHelper
                     $value,
                 );
             }
-            if (StringHelper::startsWith($key, self::MAIN_PREFIX . self::DEPTH_SEPARATOR)) {
-                ArrayHelper::setValue(
-                    $config,
-                    [
-                        ...self::keyToPath(str_replace(self::MAIN_PREFIX . self::DEPTH_SEPARATOR, '', $key)),
-                    ],
-                    $value,
-                );
+
+            foreach (
+                ArrayHelper::getValue([
+                    \humhub\components\Application::class => [self::MAIN_PREFIX, self::WEB_PREFIX],
+                    \humhub\components\console\Application::class => [self::MAIN_PREFIX, self::CLI_PREFIX],
+                ], $applicationType, [self::MAIN_PREFIX]) as $prefix
+            ) {
+                if (StringHelper::startsWith($key, $prefix . self::DEPTH_SEPARATOR)) {
+                    ArrayHelper::setValue(
+                        $config,
+                        [
+                            ...self::keyToPath(str_replace($prefix . self::DEPTH_SEPARATOR, '', $key)),
+                        ],
+                        $value,
+                    );
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/protected/humhub/modules/web/tests/codeception/unit/env/ConfigTest.php b/protected/humhub/modules/web/tests/codeception/unit/env/ConfigTest.php
index 081b97521b..88e1afe164 100644
--- a/protected/humhub/modules/web/tests/codeception/unit/env/ConfigTest.php
+++ b/protected/humhub/modules/web/tests/codeception/unit/env/ConfigTest.php
@@ -112,4 +112,42 @@ class ConfigTest extends HumHubDbTestCase
 
         $this->assertEquals($config, EnvHelper::toConfig($ENV));
     }
+
+    public function testWebApplicationConfig()
+    {
+        $ENV = [
+            'HUMHUB_CONFIG__COMPONENTS__URL_MANAGER__SHOW_SCRIPT_NAME' => 'false',
+            'HUMHUB_WEB_CONFIG__COMPONENTS__URL_MANAGER__SHOW_SCRIPT_NAME' => 'true',
+            'HUMHUB_CLI_CONFIG__COMPONENTS__URL_MANAGER__SHOW_SCRIPT_NAME' => 'false',
+        ];
+
+        $config = [
+            'components' => [
+                'urlManager' => [
+                    'showScriptName' => true,
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $this->assertEquals($config, EnvHelper::toConfig($ENV, \humhub\components\Application::class));
+    }
+
+    public function testConsoleApplicationConfig()
+    {
+        $ENV = [
+            'HUMHUB_CONFIG__COMPONENTS__URL_MANAGER__SHOW_SCRIPT_NAME' => 'false',
+            'HUMHUB_CLI_CONFIG__COMPONENTS__URL_MANAGER__SHOW_SCRIPT_NAME' => 'true',
+            'HUMHUB_WEB_CONFIG__COMPONENTS__URL_MANAGER__SHOW_SCRIPT_NAME' => 'false',
+        ];
+
+        $config = [
+            'components' => [
+                'urlManager' => [
+                    'showScriptName' => true,
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $this->assertEquals($config, EnvHelper::toConfig($ENV, \humhub\components\console\Application::class));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/protected/yii b/protected/yii
index a862d1a3b1..1e120c4e6f 100755
--- a/protected/yii
+++ b/protected/yii
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ $config = yii\helpers\ArrayHelper::merge(
     $dynamicConfig,
     require(__DIR__ . '/config/common.php'),
     require(__DIR__ . '/config/console.php'),
-    humhub\helpers\EnvHelper::toConfig($_ENV),
+    humhub\helpers\EnvHelper::toConfig($_ENV, \humhub\components\console\Application::class),
 );
 
 try {